Nilofer Merchant

Nilofer Merchant is co-founder of The Intangible Labs, defining the metrics of 21st Century Value Creation. She is ranked as one of the top management thinkers in the world by @Thinkers50, and HR magazine. She's an award winner of the notable Future Thinker Award, for her theory of Onlyness, where each of us adds value simply by standing in the world where only one stands. Her operating heft as a tech executive (Apple et al.) lends all these big ideas fidelity; she's been personally involved in shipping over 100 products netting $18 Billion in revenues. She's authored three books (O'Reilly, Harvard, Viking/Penguin) on how value creation grows in distributed networks through shared purpose and centered on Onlyness. The very best companies hire her to inspire and advise. Those who want to do more than manage today but create—or rather co-create—the future.